Charting the Celebrity Engagement Ring

From Elizabeth Taylor's 33-carat rock to Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge's heirloom sapphire, the celebrity engagement ring is an object of constant fascination. Here, we trace the most iconic, from Hollywood's Golden Age to today.

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Zoe Kravitz

In a recent cover story interview with Rolling Stone magazine, BAZAAR's October (unretouched) cover girl revealed that she's secretly been engaged for months, to actor Karl Glusman. Kravitz told the magazine that Glusman was originally planning on proposing in Paris, but ended up popping the question in their living room instead, getting on one knee with the three-stone ring Kravitz has been seen wearing many times on the red carpet. The couple has been dating for two years, and until this big reveal had chosen to keep their engagement private.

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Karlie Kloss

Supermodel and entrepreneur Kloss shared a photo of her cushion-cut diamond ring on Instagram following news of her engagement to longtime boyfriend Joshua Kushner.

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Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow confirmed her engagement to Brad Falchuk in early 2018 (although we had all been speculating), and she recently debuted her engagement ring on stage at the Producers Guild Awards, where she presented Ryan Murphy with the Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television. Her husband-to-be and Murphy are longtime collaborators and friends, and Gwyneth nodded to Brad from stage by showing off a large sapphire stone on her left hand.

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Princess Eugenie of York

Princess Eugenie of York announced her engagement to Jack Brooksbank, via an official statement from the palace on January 22, 2018. The couple reportedly got engaged in Nicaragua a couple of weeks ago, and are planning an Autumn 2018 wedding at the same chapel Prince Harry and Meghan Markle plan to wed at in May, St George's Chapel in Windsor.

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Soo Joo Park

Top model Soo Joo Park announced her engagement to photographer Jack Waterlot on January 3, 2018 on Instagram after a holiday vacation to Los Cabos. The first Asian-American face of L'Oreal flashed her diamond sparkler while swimming with her beau, and posed for a casual vacation shot on a boat with him kissing her cheek on his feed.

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Paris Hilton

The Simple Life star confirmed her engagement to DJ Chris Zylka on her Instagram on January 2nd, after eight years of knowing one another and two years of dating. Zylka popped the question when posing for photos with Paris on a mountaintop in Aspen, placing what could possibly be the largest engagement ring we've ever seen–weighing in at 20 carats and priced at approximately 2 million dollars–on her left hand. The pear-shaped stone marks Hilton's third engagement–the reality show star was previously engaged to Jason Shaw in 2003, and Paris Latsis in 2005.

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Alexa Ray Joel

The daughter of Christie Brinkley and Billy Joel is engaged to boyfriend Ryan Gleason. Gleason popped the question with an emerald cut engagement ring this holiday season in Turks & Caicos at Parrot Cay, where the couple was spending the holiday with family and friends. Joel announced their engagement, which took place before her birthday on the 29th, on her Instagram on New Year's Day.

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Meghan Markle

The former Suits star turned royal fiancé announced her engagement to Prince Harry alongside him at Kensington Palace on November 27. The couple were introduced by a mutual friend and dated for about 15 months prior to their engagement. A royal wedding is expected in the summer of 2018.

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Sophie Turner

The Game of Thrones actress and DNCE singer Joe Jonas announced their engagement on Instagram on October 15. The duo has been dating for nearly a year. Rumors of Turner and Jonas' romance were first reported in November 2016.

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Rose Leslie

The Game of Thrones costars met on the set of the HBO drama in 2012, where they played onscreen lovers, Jon Snow and Ygritte. They announced their engagement the old fashioned way, via newspaper, on September 27. The actress was seen wearing her engagement ring in public for the first time during a trip to the airport just two weeks after the announcement. There is no word on their wedding date yet.

Blogger and influencer Chiara Ferragni got engaged to her rapper boyfriend, Fedez, in May 2017. Fedez proposed at one of his concerts, which also happened to be on Ferragni's 30th birthday.

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Rumi Neely

The fashion blogger shared a photo of her engagement ring, side by side with friend Chiara Ferragni's ring.

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Miley Cyrus

Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth have had an epic love story to date. They met on the set of The Last Songway back in 2009. Fans were devastated in 2013 when the couple broke up. Luckily, a reunion at the end of 2015 has meant a brand new start, with Miley even writing her latest single, "Malibu", all about Liam, and wearing her new engagement ring in photos promoting the song.

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Evan Rachel Wood

The Westworld actress is engaged to her Rebel & Basketcase bandmate, Zach Villa. Last night at the SAG Awards, the Wood and her now-fiancé sported matching minimal silver rings on their ring fingers. The couple met in 2015 and started their music duo the same year.

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Serena Williams

Serena Williams has been fairly private about her relationship with Alexis Ohanian, but after teasing her fans on Instagram, she finally revealed her massive engagement ring last night on Reddit, the site her fiancé co-founded. The rock seems to takes up a lot of space on her ring finger.

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Irina Shayk

After Irina Shayk nailed the Victoria's Secret runway and announced her baby news with Bradley Cooper, we could only hope that wedding bells were on the way. Finally making all our dreams come true, the model stepped out for a spa day in Los Angeles donning a stunning emerald engagement ring.

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Ciara

Ciara's quarterback boyfriend, Russell Wilson, popped the question while the two were vacationing in the Seychelles with a glitzy diamond. Russell tweeted a sweet video of the two post-engagement, captioning it "Every Morning, Every Night... I Thank God for you @ciara."

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Kylie Minogue

While Kylie Minogue's 28-year-old actor boyfriend, Joshua Sasse, reportedly popped the question back in January, the Australian pop diva officially debuted her stunning engagement ring on the red carpet at the 2016 NME Awards in London.

Johnny Depp confirmed his engagement to Heard when he wore her ring during the press tour for his film Transendence. He designed this one for his fiancee, but it was too big for her finger. To hold her over until it gets resized, Depp bought her another ring, this time from an antique store.

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Mila Kunis

Kunis and her That '70s Show co-star became engaged just last month, and Kunis debuted her diamond ring (and baby bump) at Sunday night's MTV Movie Awards.

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